in the face of barack obama who had won the year before by 17 points in new jersey, we won. there's a formula for doing it. and we need to get back to that. because it focuses on all four types of voters that we need to gather to win. first, first, we need to look at suburban voters. and what do suburban voters want? what suburban voters want is a government that is honest and truthful and efficient and not wasting their money and not wasting their time. they want it to be sane and rational. and they want it to speak to them. rural voters. rural voters want to make sure that we're not giving payoffs to big business. that we're supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs all across rural areas of this country so they have an opportunity to rise up and we can appeal to those voters as well. blue collar voters, just want us to tell them the truth. the truth about their future and the truth about their children's future, and to give them an opportunity to grow and prosper. and urban voters, yes, we can appeal to urban voters. if you don't believe it, in 2013 when i was re-elec

in the face of barack obama, who had one before, we won. we need to get back to that. we need to look at suburban voters. what did they want? they want a government that is honest and truthful and efficient and not wasting their money. and not wasting their time. they want the government to speak to them. rural voters want to make sure that we are not giving off payoffs to big business. we can appeal to those voters as well. they want to tell them the truth. to give them an opportunity to grow and prosper. we can appeal to urban voters. i won 51% of the hispanic vote. and 29% of the african-american vote in a blue state. we talked about entrepreneurship and opportunity in business. public schools in urban areas that are failing children. putting parents back in control of their children's future. i took on the teachers union 12 years ago. i never stopped. we have to cut off that oxygen. [applause] when i say government shouldn't waste money, look at what is going on down there right now. they want to pay $1 million to families who came over the border illegally. when w

but if the building in front of which barack obama announced his campaign for the presidency and then came back to announce jode biden would be his running mate. that building became the county courthouse. when he was governor, he was conveying to -- he was convinced that one along with the idea to dismantle the entire building, take all of the beautiful sandstone bricks and blocks to the state fairgrounds correctly numbered. they rebuilt the building and it is now a landmark. a lot of stuff happens there. he was the one who got that done should he had is marked on springfield and a physical way as well. >> he engendered respect wherever he went. it was an incredible shock to everybody when he was indicted in 1971. >> his children think he was targeted. there was a a kerner day at the abraham lincoln residential museum library in springfield. there was tape of richard nixon talking to his attorney general saying we have got to get this guy. he has a democrat in illinois. the children think being convicted for honest services grounds is touchy. you know much more about this but we shou

and it is corpsman, not like co rpse man like barack obama said. i did not go to vietnam. but i was a corpse and -- but i was a corpsman. both of our sons were in the military and navy for both of the gulf wars. the guy that said jimmy carter did not serve, even though i did not like him as a president, he did go to annapolis. he was a navy officer. host: in the navy, what were your responsibility to? caller: i took care of sick people. host: how long were you in the navy? caller: 1970 to 1975. host: what are your reflections on this veterans day? caller: i worked with a lot of really great people, i made some really great friends. as far as this administration, the guy keeps talking about how wonderful it is what biden wants to do. if biden and anyone in his administration was to do something, they are completely ignorant. that is how i feel about the entire administration. host: terry in florida. we will go to you next. caller: thank you very much. our country has been so divided lately. coming back to vietnam, it was very divided and, too. i was an antiwar protester goi

i was running to stop barack obama which was very important at the time for sure. i even wrote a book which about a dozen people have read. [laughter] that talked about how his vision was contrary to the best traditions of our country and our constitutional -- and i stand by it. those were important fights. and it was all something that was worthwhile. but i got to tell you, i look back at those days compared to what we're facing now, and it seems kind of quaint to me. basto look at the threats we're facing to freedom, to our way of life, to the constitution, they are much more profound and pervasive than they were just 10 years ago. think about what these democrats wanted to do and probably would have done if they had just won a couple more races in the house and senate. they want to make d.c. a state so that they will have two permanent radical left democrat senators for life. they want to abolish the electoral college so that california can basically elect a president every time. they want to federalize these fraudulent ballot practices nationwide, overruling st

doors with barack obama and to the public he would say, were not going to increase the debt ceiling, we are going to stand strong. and next thing you know, here we come with a debt ceiling increase again. this led to the tea party takeover, right? in my viewpoint it seems like republicans are a lot more willing to reach out and discuss possible collaborations with the democrats. but the democrats, as they have become infiltrated with the far left, the socialist, collectivist types, they don't want to have any type of discussions, rational or otherwise, with republicans. and look, look at the squad on capitol hill. that underscores my point. host: there is a viewer who makes this analogy. she says, the republican party is the same as the reagan party today. would you agree? guest: maybe. honestly, without doing a little research to flush out my opinion. host: let's go to danville, virginia. you are on with cheryl chumley. good morning, go ahead. caller: yes, good morning. pedro, i hope you will just let me say what i'm going to say. this is what i'm saying. you know, if we as america

i would keep my word and make sure i carried out my duties like barack obama done. i am a little disappointed with kamala harris and joe biden but i think it is a whole lot better than what it was in the beginning. they inherited a total mess. we are still having problems down here in florida, major problems in florida. the first law should be a law against lying and every politician should be in jail for lying. host: appreciate your comments. our open question is about the vice president's performance. on twitter, before vice president harris was assigned to the crisis of the southern border republican leaders were there daily for photo ops. that is all stopping, proving she has fixed it. i give vice president harris a high rating. this one says, she would have to do a job to receive a grade. she was given one year to come up with a solution for the southern border and has failed miserably. she received an unexcused absence for the year. this headline says, why are kamala harris' approval ratings lower than biden's? they ranked vice president favorability and job a

i would keep my word and make sure i carried out my duties like barack obama done. i am a little disappointed with kamala harris and joe biden but i think it is a whole lot better than what it was in the beginning. they inherited a total mess. we are still having problems down here in florida, major problems in florida. the first law should be a law against lying and every politician should be in jail for lying. host: appreciate your comments. our open question is about the vice president's performance. on twitter, before vice president harris was assigned to the crisis of the southern border republican leaders were there daily for photo ops. that is all stopping, proving she has fixed it. i give vice president harris a high rating. this one says, she would have to do a job to receive a grade. she was given one year to come up with a solution for the southern border and has failed miserably. she received an unexcused absence for the year. this headline says, why are kamala harris' approval ratings lower than biden's? they ranked vice president favorability and job a

host: former president barack obama at that climate change summit earlier this month. taking your phone calls, about 15 minutes left in this segment of the washington journal, asking your party affiliation story. what makes you a democrat, republican, independent? gail, what makes you a democrat? caller: i graduated from college in 2017 with a master's degree. after i graduated, i had a lot of time on my hands where i wanted to study. i started studying politics. my first time studying politics in my life. i did so much research on the history of the democrats and republicans and what they stand for. what i have learned in the last four years his history shows that are most -- best presidents were democrats. john f. kennedy, lyndon b. johnson, roosevelt, clinton, obama, all our top presidents. because, if you look at history, and this is what the republicans refused to acknowledge, pell grant, medicaid, medicare, social security, peace corps, minimum wage laws, the program where children can have health insurance, clinton -- obama did the health care. clinton did the y

flag down a young senator named barack obama to get to even open the airport. god's truth. remember that, chris? [laughter] here, he'd just been there two years. he was on my foreign relations committee. i was chairman. i said, "can you get the airport open for us?" i used to, i'd kid barack. i couldn't understand why he so soundly defeated me in that primary. and then i realized when he'd be introduced, he'd be introduced by the voice of god. i get introduced by johnny scanafrana. so, it took a while for me to figure all this out. luckily, chris, i got to travel on a much nicer plane these days. [laughter] [applause] and it's yours to travel on any time you would like. i want to thank a few more proud connecticut leaders who have been spending time with me today. governor lamont, you have been, you're one of the finest governors in the country. i'm not being solicitous, that's a fact. [applause] exceeded only by your wife. [laughter] and senator blumenthal, who i mentioned earlier today, i apologize for repeating this, but my son, beau biden, is the one who should be stand

we started losing votes during the tea party revolution right after barack obama was elected and we have not been able to regain our footing since then. when i was unable to get reelected in 2018, just one statistic for your viewers, when i was elected in 2012, probably about 20% of republicans would cross over and vote for a democrat. when i ran into any 18, that number -- when i ran in 2018, that number dribbled -- that number dwindled to 4%. when that number gets low, democrats cannot get elected in a state like mine. it is important rural america not be one party america. we started the one country project. it was to reintroduce the democratic party to rural america and rural america to the democratic party. host: do think over the course of the years the policies of the democratic party have fallen out of favor with rural americans, or rural americans themselves have changed their views? guest: i think it is the emphasis. it is not the policy. the economic policies of the democratic already are much more favorable to rural america. where we get into challenges is when this becomes a

doors with barack obama and to the public he would say, were not going to increase the debt ceiling, we are going to stand strong. and next thing you know, here we come with a debt ceiling increase again. this led to the tea party takeover, right? in my viewpoint it seems like republicans are a lot more willing to reach out and discuss possible collaborations with the democrats. but the democrats, as they have become infiltrated with the far left, the socialist, collectivist types, they don't want to have any type of discussions, rational or otherwise, with republicans. and look, look at the squad on capitol hill. that underscores my point. host: there is a viewer who makes this analogy. she says, the republican party is the same as the reagan party today. would you agree? guest: maybe. honestly, without doing a little research to flush out my opinion. host: let's go to danville, virginia. you are on with cheryl chumley. good morning, go ahead. caller: yes, good morning. pedro, i hope you will just let me say what i'm going to say. this is what i'm saying. you know, if we as america

she pulls for barack obama and hillary clinton. work with corporations, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and trade associations. today's conversation will be moderated by iop advisor, the deputy editorial page editor for the washington post. she recently released a book on the first lady, nancy reagan. join me in welcoming today's speakers. cs karen: thank you so much adam. after hearing your experience, i am thinking we should invite you to pull a chair on stage. i am so excited to be here tonight. thank you for coming out. this place is so special to me. of course, as a political reporter there is nothing you enjoy more than talking to people doing it and really at the top of their game. that is why we are doubly lucky tonight. and, the timing of this event was sheer perfection. >> for some people. karen:[laughter] so, we are looking ahead tonight but we cannot look ahead without looking back a week. i think that, as election day was rolling around, it was possible to anticipate what was going to happen in virginia. if either of you

and it is corpsman, not like co rpse man like barack obama said. i did not go to vietnam. but i was a corpse and -- but i was a corpsman. both of our sons were in the military and navy for both of the gulf wars. the guy that said jimmy carter did not serve, even though i did not like him as a president, he did go to annapolis. he was a navy officer. host: in the navy, what were your responsibility to? caller: i took care of sick people. host: how long were you in the navy? caller: 1970 to 1975. host: what are your reflections on this veterans day? caller: i worked with a lot of really great people, i made some really great friends. as far as this administration, the guy keeps talking about how wonderful it is what biden wants to do. if biden and anyone in his administration was to do something, they are completely ignorant. that is how i feel about the entire administration. host: terry in florida. we will go to you next. caller: thank you very much. our country has been so divided lately. coming back to vietnam, it was very divided and, too. i was an antiwar protester goi

jimmy carter and barack obama. not ronald reagan. and not donald trump. after abraham accords. every elite press criticized reagan. but he knew his principles. you know, reagan didn't have one-party rule. the speaker, tip o'neal, would spend time with him. would talk about the challenges. and when they talked about the challenges, they invested, not for more illegals coming across the border. but to compete against mr. speaker, inside my concerns room i have another portrait. it's a big one. eight feet by 16. it's a portrait of washington crossing the delaware. you all know that painting, do you not? this is a replica. you know who painted that painting? it happened christmas, 1776. the person who painted it wasn't there that day. he painted it in 1850, 1851. he wasn't even an american. he was a german immigrant who lived in america. emanuel. he lived here about 10 years i believe. then he went back to germany. he knew the same thing that lincoln knew about america. that america is more than a country. an idea not of more bureaucracy but more freedom. his talent was art he thou

caller: i was a democrat and then barack obama came along and that ended that. i will never vote democrat again, never in my life. this joke with joe biden and kamala harris, he never wanted her as vice president. he was pushed to have her as vice president. all these people talking about racism in the republican party, the democrats are the biggest racists. they just want to hide behind -- in fact, the vice president thinking they are doing something big for the country. this economy is a mess, the border is a mess, the last woman that spoke if you are a democrat you should always be democrat, those people need to wake up. i am tired of being called the trumpster and a racist. they use the racist word as bad as the n word. i would never vote for another democrat again. host: are you in the 19th district of florida? caller: yes i am. host: do you know who represents you? caller: yes i do and i am going to vote for them again. the thing is this is just getting ridiculous. these democrats get on here and they speak. they don't even know what they are talking about

barack obama said he would run from the center. donald trump, not exactly a unifier. president biden said he would be moderate and is governing from the left. you actually get someone who delivers on a principled patriotic agenda, that person will build majority in the country. host: rob, kansas. caller: good morning, everybody. mr. olson, you are talking some nice republican game, but you know the ad i want the republicans to run? trump leading the insurrection on the capital in an attempt to destroy and overturn democracy. i think somebody got up after the red scare in the senate and set at long last, have you no mode -- have you no shame? it means you are destroying our democracy and by the way, mr. olson, have you been vaccinated? yes or no would be a good answer and tell us why you are vaccinated or why you are not. no, democrats are going to hold on in 2020 two because people don't want insurrection in this country. they don't want some idiot standing up and talking about the wall and somebody who basically paid to prostitutes and lied about it. ok? he's not jes

caller: i was a democrat and then barack obama came along and that ended that. i will never vote democrat again, never in my life. this joke with joe biden and kamala harris, he never wanted her as vice president. he was pushed to have her as vice president. all these people talking about racism in the republican party, the democrats are the biggest racists. they just want to hide behind -- in fact, the vice president thinking they are doing something big for the country. this economy is a mess, the border is a mess, the last woman that spoke if you are a democrat you should always be democrat, those people need to wake up. i am tired of being called the trumpster and a racist. they use the racist word as bad as the n word. i would never vote for another democrat again. host: are you in the 19th district of florida? caller: yes i am. host: do you know who represents you? caller: yes i do and i am going to vote for them again. the thing is this is just getting ridiculous. these democrats get on here and they speak. they don't even know what they are talking about

trump, when 100 for barack obama in the same period, according to west wing record keepers. if the pulpit is one of the most powerful tools of communication, mr. biden needs to rely on exchanges and taking only a few questions boarding helicopter. he does not have interviews with others, even friendly venues have gone unvisited. the story adding it as rose garden strategy in fun rosie times as his approval ratings have sagged and his party confronts the tough outlook. some democrats have asked if the president has yielded too much control of the public narrative. that is from the new york times this morning. if you want to see that story. there is more if you want to look at it. baltimore maryland, on the line for others, hello. caller: real american citizen here. what the other fellow was trying to tell you about the ruling class or something, the ruling class is basically you folks and the politicians, mainly the democrats. that includes joe biden in the white house. look at all the criminal activity amongst the democrat politicians. it is overwhelming. they spent at least

those are two democrat senators, a former chicago mayor, a former chief of staff to barack obama. the opposition was because they say he did not respond strongly enough in chicago for the black lives matter movement. that is in the washington times. his nomination did pass with republican votes, so chances are he will become the ambassador to japan. ted is in north carolina. you are on the washington journal. caller: i am 80 years old, started out a republican. i am an independent now and spent some time as a democrat. during my lifetime, i have seen us go from average country to the most self-centered self-serving people and citizens in the world. it is all about me, mine. no concern for you got yours. we need to get over that. the bible tells us different than that. we might as well through the bible away because nobody wants to follow it. as to government, there is one thing i would like to see change . it happens to be the oath of office. when you make an oath to serve and protect all of the people, do it. if they violate that oath, we need a quicker means of removing anybody.

we started losing votes during the tea party revolution right after barack obama was elected and we have not been able to regain our footing since then. when i was unable to get reelected in 2018, just one statistic for your viewers, when i was elected in 2012, probably about 20% of republicans would cross over and vote for a democrat. when i ran into any 18, that number -- when i ran in 2018, that number dribbled -- that number dwindled to 4%. when that number gets low, democrats cannot get elected in a state like mine. it is important rural america not be one party america. we started the one country project. it was to reintroduce the democratic party to rural america and rural america to the democratic party. host: do think over the course of the years the policies of the democratic party have fallen out of favor with rural americans, or rural americans themselves have changed their views? guest: i think it is the emphasis. it is not the policy. the economic policies of the democratic already are much more favorable to rural america. where we get into challenges is when this becomes a

under barack obama, 11.6 million jobs. far more than under donald trump, the ex-president. this bill that we are debating tonight has tax cuts for families with children and it has health insurance for everyday americans. affordable housing for seniors, environmental resiliency and safeguard sustainability. negotiating with drug companies for seniors. jobs and workforce development. and the ability to continue to learn for life. so lifelong learning, because we all know things change so fast, we have got to have these things. this has prepared us for the future. and i have heard complaints about the price tag, and mr. rice, i appreciated some of your comments. i talked to mr. brady about this on thursday as we went through all of this, but quite frankly, just the new york stock exchange by itself is up 10,000 points under joe biden. that's $1.4 billion per point, $14 trillion this year, alone. compared to the price tag of this bill, which is transformational but is over ten years. so, you know, $200 billion a year, which is a lot of money, but compared to $14 trillion with

host: on climate change, former president barack obama is speaking at the climate summit in glasgow today. he is a tweet from him. we have done important work since the paris agreement was signed six years ago. we are still nowhere near where we need to be on climate. before we read with the former president had to say was a tweet about what he is expected to say, this is from angela, first on cnn. obama is excited to express regret for trump's four years of active hostility toward climate science, but he will also express a deeper worry that politics globally is falling short of what needs to be done. then, there is this from zeke miller, who covers the white house. obama saying he hit russia and china hard during his speech for absence of urgency on climate. pamela and michigan, independent. good morning. caller: hello. host: good morning. caller: i was just wondering, why they are not talking about the vaccines are genetically engineered. they keep saying we've always had mandates on vaccines for kids in schools. the difference is, those were natural vaccines. they were not genetically